Human remains found last Wednesday by a construction worker near Charlotte Douglas International Airport do not belong to a former local college student who has been missing since November 2007.

Charlotte police had been looking into the possibility that the remains belonged to former Elon University student Kyle Fleischmann.

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On Tuesday, the medical examiner in Charlotte released a description of the victim that matches the Fleischmann case almost perfectly

The worker found a human skull, and then investigators found more bones in some nearby woods last Thursday.

Police said the victim, who hasn't been identified, died as the result of a homicide.

Fleischmann, 24, suddenly disappeared Nov. 8, 2007, from Charlottes Buckhead Saloon, where he was with friends after attending a concert earlier in the evening. At some point, Fleischmann became separated from those friends, police said.

Police studied grainy surveillance video that showed Fleischmann walking out the door of the bar and toward Tryon Street, but he hasn't been seen since.

Fleischmanns family even hired a private detective to join the search.

The fact that he hasn't contacted us leads you to believe the worst, his father, Dick Fleischmann, said during the days after Kyle's disappearance.